Noel has been involved in the UK Christian Music scene since the age of 15. In the early years, he worked full time, as an associate with British Youth for Christ. Since 1980, he and his family have been based in Cobham, England. During this time, he has worked closely with Gerald Coates, leader of the Pioneer church network.

 

During the last 20 years, he has mainly been involved in leading worship and together with his wife Tricia and others, has written many worship songs. Perhaps the best known of these is "All Heaven Declares"

 

Noel has led worship at major events in the UK and elsewhere, such as Parachute Festival (NZ), March for Jesus (UK), Spring Harvest (UK), Worship Together (Canada, UK), Easter People (UK), This is the day (Hungary), Jesus Tag (Germany). He was also involved with The Call England, taking place in July 2002 and The Call New York City in June 2002 and San Francisco 2003.

 

Stadium Worship

 

In 1986, Noel began to get envisioned about large worship events taking place in football stadiums. This resulted in him organising "Champion of the World" at London"s Wembley Arena in 1996, which sold all 11,500 seats.

 

This was followed in 1997 with "Champion of the World" at London"s Wembley Stadium, with an attendance of almost 45,000, making it the biggest contemporary worship event ever staged in that venue.

 

In January 2000, Noel and his band had the privilege of playing at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, to a crowd of 66,000 people. This event was organised by BBC Television and was broadcast live to an audience of at least 5 million in the UK. HRH The Prince of Wales also attended this event.

 

Noel has played at smaller UK stadiums in Reading, Crewe, Gillingham, Bolton and Sheffield.

 

Calling All Nations

 

Berlin, Germany: Since 1997, Noel and his team have set their sights on Stadium events in other nations. The Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany has been a major focus since then. After a planning and preparation process of almost 9 years, the event 'Calling All nations' took place there on July 15th 2006. The vision for this event was to "summon the youth of the world and the young at heart" to worship and pray in that stadium. Around 25,000 people gathered there, from more than 42 different nations. It was a fantastic day! More on that event can be found at www.callingallnations.com

 

Budapest, Hungary: Noel is also working closely with a team in Budapest, who have a similar vision for the Peoples" Stadium (Nepstadion). This venue holds 70,000 people.

 

In June 2001, Noel and his band played at the Pioneer Stadium in Budapest at an event, which was attended by 10,000 people. On June 22nd 2002, the organisers filled the Kisstadion, which holds 15,000. Noel participated in this event and the next one in the grounds surrounding the Nepstadion on June 28th 2003.

 

Noel and Tricia are currently writing in preparation for a new studio album due out Spring of 2008.

 

Noel's album Road to Berlin is for sale in the store.